Whoever thought of having evil's final manifestation take the form of a 100-ft. marshmallow deserves the rational mind's eternal gratitude.
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10/05/08
Ghostbusters (1984)
93 %
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Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 41
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Consensus: Ghostbusters is an infectiously fun blend of special effects and comedy, featuring a hilarious deadpan performance from Bill Murray.
Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers.... [More]
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Reviews for Ghostbusters
Top Critic Stuffed with wisecracking, punning and essential deadpanning care of the film's most notable star performer Murray (who has such delivery down as a fine art), the film also packs in a half-decent narrative.
05/06/08
With his deadpan delivery and snide quips, Murray more than holds his own amid the myriad state-of-the-art special effects.
05/30/07
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Top Critic Essentially a $30 million version of Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy but not at all a bad time, thanks mainly to Bill Murray's incredibly dry line readings and director Ivan Reitman's maintenance of a moderately coherent tone and plotline.
05/30/07
Top Critic
The story of a trio of incompetent 'experts' in the paranormal (Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis), who set up as ghostbusters after they are canned from their college sinecures, is less cynical a construction than it sounds.
06/24/06
Top Critic The perfect marriage of big-budget sci-fi spectacle and character-based comedy schtick.
04/03/06
Dan Aykroyd's inventive comedy concept for Ghostbusters attracted an all-star comedy team to bust out an classic of mainstream '80s cinema.
08/05/05
This movie is an exception to the general rule that big special effects can wreck a comedy.
10/23/04
Top CriticLatest News for Ghostbusters
September 29, 2008:
Bill Murray Talks Ghostbusters 3 
We've all assumed that Bill Murray was going to be the holdout that prevented "Ghostbusters 3" from ever being made, but based on some comments he recently made after a "City of... More...
September 08, 2008:
Harold Ramis Confirms Ghostbusters III
In a curiously capitalization-free e-mail to the Chicago Tribune's Mark Caro, Harold Ramis has confirmed that "Ghostbusters III" is moving forward -- and raised hopes for Bill... More...
September 05, 2008:
Sony Hires Ghostbusters 3 Writers
Looks like Dan Aykroyd knew what he was talking about: Sony has announced that Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, co-executive producers of "The Office," have been hired to... More...
September 04, 2008:
Aykroyd Talks Ghostbusters 3
According to Dan Aykroyd, "two sharp young writers" are "purported" to be working on a script for "Ghostbusters 3" -- and he'd love to get Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow involved. More...
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